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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1992, 9:14 PM CDT for Motley County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1992, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Motley County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Motley, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBB 010215 TORLBB TXC345-010315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 914 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN MOTLEY COUNTY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITOURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ007>012-010045-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
650 PM SUN MAY 31 1992
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH
PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS SUNDAY EVENING UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED...BAILEY...LAMB...HALE...FLOYD
...COCHRAN...HOCKLEY...LUBBOCK...CROSBY...YOAKUM...TERRY...LYNN
AND GARZA.
AT 650 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WESTERN TERRY COUNTY NEAR TOKIO.
MOVEMENT OF THE STORM IS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISIO|N STATIONS
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
TMTSpecial weather statement, May 31, 7:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ007>012-010200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
755 PM SUN MAY 31 1992
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH
PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL
PORTION OF THE SOUTH PLAINS NNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT THIS TIME THERE
ARE NO THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS. HOWEVER RADAR SHOWED
THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO AT 755 PM CDT. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EASTWARD AT AROUND 20 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO
WESTERN BAILEY COUNTY BY 830 PM CDT.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR
UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
EPSpecial weather statement, May 31, 8:50 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 849 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE YET TO ENTER THE SOUTH PLAINS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED BETWEEN PORTALES AND CLOVIS NEW MEXICO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF PARNELL IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION A MODERATE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN BAILEY COUNTY 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:54 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 855 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE YET TO ENTER THE SOUTH PLAINS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED BETWEEN PORTALES AND CLOVIS NEW MEXICO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF PARNELL IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION A MODERATE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN BAILEY COUNTY 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FORg UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:56 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
TXZ007-008-009-010-011-012-010250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 855 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE YET TO ENTER THE SOUTH PLAINS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED BETWEEN PORTALES AND CLOVIS NEW MEXICO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF PARNELL IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION A MODERATE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED IN BAILEY COUNTY 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 69 min |
| May 31, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Bailey | 68 min |
| May 31, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cochran | 65 min |
| May 31, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 69 min |
| May 31, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Yoakum | 39 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.